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Alex AuBuchonAlabama Senators managed to find a compromise on how to spend an incoming BP settlement package from the 2010 oil spill, splitting it between state debts, Medicaid and coastal road projects. WKRG-TV reports lawmakers in south Alabama say there isn’t enough money to fund all the projects that need completing, but the legislators have a plan. State Senator Rusty Glover of Mobile says of the allocated $120 million in settlement money, $65 million will go toward the long overdue Highway 98 extension project. Glover says between that and federal funding, the project should be close to fully funded. The remaining $55 million will be used in Baldwin County to expand Highway 181 in Daphne, Highway 31 in Spanish Fort, and Highway 180, better known as Canal Road. Senator Trip Pittman says he and other lawmakers are looking for matching money and other ways to get as much out of the settlement funding as possible. Lawmakers Detail South Alabama Road Projectshttp://apr.org/post/lawmakers-detail-south-alabama-road-projects
97665 as http://apr.orgFri, 09 Sep 2016 14:00:05 +0000Lawmakers Detail South Alabama Road ProjectsStan Ingold All year long on Alabama Public Radio, we’ve been looking at water. Specifically, the condition of Alabama’s water supply and the health of our rivers. Rain is usually considered a blessing. It makes your yard green and it helps crops grow. Too much of a good thing however, can cause flooding. Either way the water has to go somewhere. When it rains in Tuscaloosa and Huntsville, things like erosion and a threat to wildlife may not cross your mind. For people living along the gulf coast, it’s a different story. Rainwater that falls in the Central and Northern parts of the state typically travels south, and the Mobile area is as south as you can get in Alabama…. “We’re the bottom, the end point of the entire Mobile Bay water shed.” Casi Calloway holds the title of Mobile Baykeeper. She heads a non-profit group that tries to protect the environment around the bay… “So two thirds of all the state and all the pollution and every flush and every big rain storm and every event that happensWhere Does Alabama's Water Go?http://apr.org/post/where-does-alabamas-water-go
78900 as http://apr.orgWed, 16 Sep 2015 18:25:44 +0000Where Does Alabama's Water Go?Stan Ingold The seventh annual alligator season has just wrapped up in Alabama. One hundred twenty five tags were issued to hunters who wanted to chase down the large reptiles. Of that, seventy-eight gators were brought in, leaving forty seven tags unfilled. Two weekends a year Alabamians get the opportunity to hunt for alligators. Hunters like Jennifer Smith and her family, who bagged a three-hundred fifteen pound alligator that measured ten feet five inches long. She says hope to go every chance she gets. “The first year I got a tag, I just thought it would be to go out with Keith, something we could experience together and now, it was so much fun that year, I’m going back every year.” With no major incidents, wildlife officials are calling the season a success. Most people do tend to follow the rules, to make sure; game wardens patrol the waterways that make up the hunting grounds. Wildlife Conservation Safety Officer Sergeant Henry Lowery says it important the hunter know they are out there. Alligator Season Wrapshttp://apr.org/post/alligator-season-wraps
17191 as http://apr.orgFri, 31 Aug 2012 22:24:29 +0000Alligator Season WrapsBy Maggie Martin Spanish Fort, AL Today is Veterans Day, where the nation remembers those who served in the U.S. military. Here in Alabama, military families will soon have a new spot where the states servicemen and women can be laid to rest. The state hasnt had access to a veterans cemetery since 1962, when the first site near Mobile was closed down. Alabama Public Radios Maggie Martin reports on the challenges of the project and what a new cemetery means for Alabama veterans and their families. Alabama Veterans Await First State Veterans Cemeteryhttp://apr.org/post/alabama-veterans-await-first-state-veterans-cemetery
12953 as http://apr.orgFri, 11 Nov 2011 17:45:33 +0000Alabama Veterans Await First State Veterans CemeteryBy Maggie Martin Spanish Fort, AL Construction is slated to begin on Alabamas first state veterans cemetery this Friday. The groundbreaking ceremony comes just a little more than a month after the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved a $7 million grant for the project. Alabama Public Radios Maggie Martin sat down with Colonel Bill Callendar. Hes the Cemetery Committee Chairman with the South Alabama Veterans Council and says finding out about the grant approval was welcome news to council members. State Veteran's Cemetery Good News for Area Veteranshttp://apr.org/post/state-veterans-cemetery-good-news-area-veterans
12860 as http://apr.orgWed, 05 Oct 2011 14:54:17 +0000State Veteran's Cemetery Good News for Area Veterans